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Donald Trump doubled down on his outlandish conspiracies about Tuesday’s presidential debate — that he won, that the polls are up, and that Kamala Harris was fed the questions and wore an earpiece — none of which are true.
Earlier, he also continued to peddle falsehoods about Haitian migrants in Ohio during a rambling, low-energy press conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Trump falsely claimed during the debate on Tuesday that the Haitian community in Springfield (who are there legally, and at the town’s invitation) were stealing and eating domestic pets. Both the mayor and governor have denied this is happening.
Meanwhile, questions have been raised about the proximity and access to Trump granted to far right-wing instigator Laura Loomer, which has unsettled a number of Trump allies given her history of racist and conspiratorial comments.
Trump stressed on Truth Social that she is not part of the campaign.
Meanwhile, Harris urged Trump to return to the debate stage despite his announcement on Thursday that he would not face her again.
On Friday, the vice president sat for her first solo interview since becoming the party’s nominee, pitching herself as “a new generation of leadership”.
Republican-linked group targets Muslim voters with antisemitic ad about Doug Emhoff
A political action committee with apparent ties to Republican groups has aired advertisements in Michigan zip codes with notable Mulsim populations that emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris’s ties to Israel and her husband, Doug Emhoff’s, Jewish faith – seemingly in an attempt to draw the specific voters away.
A series of six advertisements from the Future Coalition PAC have aired in cities like Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck where the largest concentration of Arab Americans live.
At first, the ads appear celebratory of Emhoff potentially being the “first Jewish presidential spouse ever”.
Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton
When Paige Cognetti first ran to become mayor of Scranton, she was told she couldn’t win because she did not have an Irish last name. She also had to overcome the fact that no woman had held the position in the city’s history.
Her victory in a special election in 2019, and again two years later, was seen by many as a sign of shifting tides.
“There were a lot of factors against me,” she says over coffee at Abe’s Deli, in the center of the town. “But I think it was pretty clear that the city needed a change candidate,” she adds.
Kamala Harris visits the area on Friday to try to win over the same kind of voters that helped Cognetti win in this key city in the swing state of Pennsylvania. Donald Trump was also there last month. It is no exaggeration to say that her path to the White House runs through these streets.
Seth Meyers jokes RFK Jr might not be the best person to defend Trump’s debate meltdown about eating pets
On his show on Thursday night, the late-night host waded into the damage control efforts by Republicans and Trump allies following his showdown with Kamala Harris on Tuesday night.
RFK Jr was one of many trying to defend Trump’s performance.
Origin of Trump and JD Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets revealed
As the story goes, a cat owner found her dead pet hanging from a tree ready to be skinned, butchered and eaten at a house said to be occupied by Haitian immigrants.
Scathing Secret Service probe details haphazard securing of Butler rally
A scathing report from the Secret Service details failures by agents in the hours leading up to the shooting of Donald Trump -including breakdowns in communication and haphazard securing of the site.
The findings are part of a Secret Service probe into the July 13 shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting wounded Trump in the ear. It also left one spectator dead and two more hurt.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to climb onto the roof of a building only a few hundred yards away and fire at Trump with an AR-style rifle. Crooks was shot dead by snipers, but not before wounding the Republican nominee for president.
Alex Lang has the story.
Trump claims Harris wants to bring back the draft
This is not true. There has been no draft since 1973. Enlisting in the service is voluntary. Men 18-25 are already required by law to register for Selective Service.
In June, the House of Representatives passed a measure within the National Defense Authorization Act that would automatically enroll men 18-26 with the Selective Service System.
Trump is an expert on the draft and how to avoid it.
Trump to unveil crypto project amid scams and fears of ‘huge embarrassment’
Former US President Donald Trump plans to unveil a brand new crypto project next week that has already been plagued by scams and targeted by cybercriminals.
The Republican candidate will reveal the World Liberty Financial project from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, claiming it will revolutionize finance and “leave the slow and outdated big banks behind”.
The project is being led by his two sons, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, though little is known about what the venture will entail.
Martha Stewart makes her 2024 endorsement
“Oh, you bet,” she said, before revealing her choice of candidate.
Read on…
Harris spokesperson mocks Trump over “yelling about how weird he and JDVance supposedly are not’
And why does Trump keep referring to Gov Tim Walz as vice president? Does he know something we don’t about November?
Offering absolutely no evidence, Trump claims fact checkers were wrong and he was right
Source: independent.co.uk
